The following partial list of recent books by Harvard men includes works on a great variety of subjects. A brief descriptive note is appended to each. "The Training for an Effective Life" (Houghton, Mifflin), by President Eliot. Under this title are published five speeches by President Eliot to newcomers at the University between 1904 and 1912, one to a boys' school and one to the Associated Harvard Clubs at St. Louis.

"The Georgics and Eclogues of Virgil" (University Press), translated by the late Theodore Chickering Williams '76, with an introduction by George Herbert Palmer '64. A metrical translation of the country poetry of Virgil by the author of a notable translation of Virgil's Aeneid. These pastorals, written for the most part in Virgil's youth, exercised a great influence on the poets of later times.

"The Life of John Hay" (Houghton, Mifflin) by William Roscoe Thayer '81, represents an official authorized biography based on Hay's diaries and correspondence.

"War Thoughts of an Optimist; A collection of Timely Articles by an American Citizen Residing in Canada" (Dent Dutton) is a series of papers by one who strongly believes that the cause of the Allies is the cause of the United States.

"The Untroubled Mind" (Houghton, Mifflin), by Herbert James Hall '95, is an "anti worry" book based on the writer's experience in treating nervous invalids.

In "The Book of Musical Knowledge: the History of Technique, and Appreciation of Music, together with Lives of Great Composers" (Houghton, Mifflin), Arthur Elson '95, traces the outlines of a musical education.